I have a DS920+ running DSM 7.
I am running SHR with 3 drives:
5 TB
14 TB
14 TB

I was able to acquire a 12 TB drive and was going to expand my SHR, however I found out in the fine print that you can only replace or expand a SHR drive set with a drive that is equal or larger than the largest drive in the drive set...
This means that the only way that I can add this drive to the drive set is by remaking the drive set which would clear all the data on the drive set (and possibly all the settings on the NAS).
I would be able to borrow a DAS, connected via USB to the DS920+, that would be large enough to copy everything over so that I could remake the drive set.  Is there a way to do this and be able to keep all of my settings and permissions so that I don't have to reconfigure all of the backup clients, plex logins, etc.?
For clarity, could I back up the NAS via the USB port on the 920 to a DAS (exFAT most likely), remake the SHR with the added drive, then restore all the settings and media?

Or is there an easier way to accomplish this?

Can you use a 2.5g usb adapter with this NAS ?

So I’m about ready to purchase my first my first NAS probably around march or april and I’m trying to decide between DS720+, DS923+, and DS1522+. The whole entire point of this NAS is to send files back and forward to clients and for remote access for multiple people and maybe to chat through as a possibility. Be aware I’m getting the QNAP TS-h973AX 9-Bay for storage and redundancy and the possibility of working off of one day.

I added the VaapiDriver="i965" to my DS920+ with the latest version of DSM7 and Plex and it would not turn on the plex service.
Any suggestions?


I have the preferecnes folder script I can send you but can't paste here because it is past 900 characters.

My goal is to get away from OneDrive, Google drive, and those subscription services. I'm comfortable learning about the system and expansion as needs and interests change. Have watched many of your reviews, before you buy videos, comparisons, and setups and love learning from them. My wife and kids will prefer easy user experience. We'll have 5 family members syncing photos from Android and iPhones, with personal clouds and ability to share easily. No cameras but possibly later. Using less than 2TB currently across PCs and cloud. No experience with Plex or any alternatives.

I'm very interested in getting suggestions on where to focus my search given huge number of options. I want to future proof, but overspending on too much product is silly.

Thank you!

Here is a list of few speific uses this device will have:
1 . Plex/JellyFin Server
2. Photos & Video Backup form Mobile Phone and then display on them via Plex
3. Git Reposiotry for All Code and Documents
4. Mail/Calendar/Contacts Server for the Family
5. Projects Data
6. Time machine
7. Paper/Journals Database with biblo
Current Scenario:
Have a mac studio as the main home system. I can attach a DAS with it and run all of the services from them or buy a NAS and use it. There is not enough space on Mac Studio for all project data ( composed of binarry file and large data files in multiple formats).
DAS looks good to me because I hace a powered compute device mac studio and can run other services on it.
NAS looks good becuase, it is seperate from my work machine and independent but fear that my home netowrk (running on wifi) is not fast enough for me to edit/work with large file (1G-1TB) from it. Secondly, not aware if I can run a mail/calendar/contacts server from it.
DIY?

hi, I am trying to set up a new PC and map a particular SHARE on the QNAP.
I have installed Windows 11 and signed in using a Azure Microsoft Account
I have several shares that my super user ID's can see all, but for this particular PC I only want it to see/access 1 particular share
I created a USERID on the QNAP (cHs_remote) and have given it access to the particular SHARE and 'denied' it access to all the other SHARES
When I try to connect to the QNAP it pops us the Credentials window and has prefilled the userid to my Windows PC userid and asks for a PIN
I select 'more choices' and 'Use a different account' and it prompys for 'email address' & 'password'
I use the ID created on QNAP (cHs-remote) and associated password to which it comes back with "A specified logon session does not exist. It may already have been terminated."
Consequently, it does not validate and map the drive
What am I doing wrong please
Chris

Currently Own:
i7 8700/32GB/Gigabyte B365M DS3H/1xGBe/Define Mini w/6x3.5
i5 3470/16GB/Asus P8H77-M LE/1xGBe/Silverstone PS16B w/3x3.5, 3x2.5
Synology DS-216+II/8GB

Background:
Like Debian Linux but want something more turnkey.
Proxmox on i7; ZFS "native" but Samba directly off the hypervisor.
Open Media Vault on i5 with OpenZFS plugin. UI is rather meh, especially the Docker support.
TrueNAS Scale's backup to USB is hard. The Docker support is over done and K3S?
Synology's Docker support is great. Hate HyperBackup - proprietary.

Looking for:
At least 4 3.5 bays
Plex transcoding
Backup PCs
ZFS nigh unnegotiable
Docker support native
QEMU/libvirt support native
Simple, non-proprietary backup(s) (rsnapshot?)
1GBe is probably enough

In short, I want a ZFS-based NAS that also has the capability to run Plex, QEMU/LibVirt, and Docker w/16GB of RAM.

I've been eyeing the ixSystems TrueNAS Mini X (5x3.5, 2x2.5) for $1148. But what O/S?

Hello, I just purchased a new Synology ds1621+. And I love it so far. But my issue is that Plex can't do hardware transcoding. My question is, what are my best options? In my home, I have two sixty-five inch TVs. and two 32" TVs which I use plex. four computers, two smartphones, and one table I would like to stream to. I will use my ds1621+ for backups and photo editing, file sharing, and storing my edited videos.
I will need my NAS to be a multimedia Hub. I have previously owned a Qnap, but I love Synology software. I do love the way Qnap handles multimedia.
Looking for options:
Option 1: Purchase a 2bay or 4bay Synology or Qnap that handles hardware transcoding. I can use Rsync between the two.
Option 2: Return ds1621 for another NAS, but I think on the Synology side, only the ds220 and 420 support hardware transcoding, but I will need something that I can add 2.5 or 10gbe. I am using a 10gBe switch.
Any suggestions or recommendations?

Hi There

Happy new year

I saw you video on you tube and it is very informative. Thanks for making those video. I have small company and looking for online video editing hardware links Qnap TVS-h674.

But need suggestion and will buy accordingly.
looking for 4 members team for online editing and storage too. with Raid system.